Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Why are tuberculosis patients given 2 different antibiotics


Why are tuberculosis patients given 2 different antibiotics?
Why are they given 2 different antibiotics at the same time? How is it any different than a different antibiotic only after bacteria develop resistance to the first?
Respiratory Diseases - 1 Answers
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if u give more antibiotics initially , then there is less chance of developing resistance with using them one by one. TB patients shud be getting 4 antibiotics to start with, which are decreased later on to 2



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